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Major power surge in NY? (Blackout is in NYC, Detroit, Ottawa and Toronto, per Fox News)
8-14-03 | Joe Hadenuf

Posted on 08/14/2003 1:14:13 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf

Hannity station went dead for about 20 seconds. Said he had never seen anything like it.


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To: null and void
In a case like this, I guess you're entitled to at least a half a roll. I think most of the people at my firm who went through the 911 ordeal together had the same reaction as you. One person thought there was a connection in the timing between the arrest of the AQ terrorist and the blackout happening shortly after the announcement was made. I heard a caller into talk radio last night say he thought it was a ploy by the power companies to have an excuse to jack up utility rates. I guess there are a lot of tin foil stories to go around. Personally, I wouldn't discount anything just yet.
3,421 posted on 08/15/2003 8:32:58 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj
They just reported half of NY still down, and are saying rolling blackouts will occur over the entire region for the next 10 hours.

JUST REPORTED DETROIT MAY BE WITHOUT POWER FOR ANOTHER TWO DAYS!.

Not good.

3,422 posted on 08/15/2003 8:34:04 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Joe Hadenuf
We're definitely not out of the woods. The scary thing is that our enemy sees how vulnerable are right now.
3,423 posted on 08/15/2003 8:35:07 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj
I just spoke to some friends in New York. Raving liberals, but I maintain a professional relationship. They're all "outraged" that Bush didn't personally call any governors or mayors (evidently these powerfull men and women need a lot of handholding) to offer his support in their hour of trial.

They're really up in arms about it. I suspect it will be a big subject at the usual press conference at the White House.

3,424 posted on 08/15/2003 8:38:13 AM PDT by Snake65 (Osama Bin Decomposing)
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To: freeperfromnj
I know, we were talking about that last night. I suggest people prepare themselves as best as possible. Try and imagine a scenario where the power went down for just two weeks. Just trying to get food into a region like that, to feed literally millions of people, with everything down, gridlocked etc, would be an ugly, epic nightmare.
3,425 posted on 08/15/2003 8:43:18 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Snake65
It is truly a sad state of affairs when the liberals choose to use a dangerous and fragile situation such as this as a Bush bashing opportunity.
3,426 posted on 08/15/2003 8:44:35 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj
Tin Foil Time:

The longer it takes to come up with an "explanation" the more credible the notion that this was NOT a "natural" occurrence. I find it almost incredible luck this thing went down right at the closing bell in NY. Computer attacks have long been anticipated against our infrastructure in America. Maybe that's the "backbone" they've threatened in the past...

Just food for thought...
3,427 posted on 08/15/2003 8:58:38 AM PDT by Dirk McQuickly
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To: 1Old Pro
Looks like Quebec couldn't handle the "cascade" and shut down the entire network.

Quebec, like Texas, is on currently on an entirely different interconnect than the rest of North America. Blaming Quebec for this power failure would be like blaming France.

Time will tell if this problem originated in the U.S. or in Canada - Ontario Hydro is still showing no abnormalities occuring yesterday in its system.
3,428 posted on 08/15/2003 9:02:26 AM PDT by Dont Tread On Me Eh?
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To: Joe Hadenuf
Hey, me too. We get the illegals, welfare, hollyweirds, all that and the brushfires and El Nino too. I'm in So Cal, where do you hail from?

Red

3,429 posted on 08/15/2003 9:05:50 AM PDT by Conservative4Ever (life is but a dream...Sha Boom)
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To: nutmeg
I was literally about to get into the elevator.
The door opened and suddenly the hallway went dark. Another 30 seconds, and I would have had a REALLY bad day.
3,430 posted on 08/15/2003 9:30:07 AM PDT by rmlew ("Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.")
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To: rmlew
luck was on your side. is the electricity still off?
3,431 posted on 08/15/2003 10:11:29 AM PDT by Coleus (God is Pro Life and Straight and gave an innate predisposition for self-preservation and protection)
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To: tophat9000
... You were the first NY to post... how with no power?

Battery back-up on my laptop kicked in while connected.

Just got home from Manhattan, spent the evening bar hopping in the dark; slept in my office. What an experience.
3,432 posted on 08/15/2003 10:26:12 AM PDT by PigRigger (Send donations to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org)
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To: Coleus; nutmeg
Electricity came on at 9:20.
I have to go back to work. Quite a few computers and related quipment are damaged to some degree.
3,433 posted on 08/15/2003 10:33:41 AM PDT by rmlew ("Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.")
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To: All
Just biked back from Chelsea (28th and 6th). still blacked out there and its pretty quite. North of 42nd street the power is back on.
3,434 posted on 08/15/2003 10:41:38 AM PDT by finnman69 (!)
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To: All
FYI

Biking down the hudson river bike path at 9am I saw boats loading up with commuters GOING HOME to NJ!
3,435 posted on 08/15/2003 10:42:25 AM PDT by finnman69 (!)
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To: enviros_kill
They (the GREENS) are damaging the very enviornment that they are trying to save. The thing that gripes me is that they are a minority special interest group that pollutedticians cater to for votes.
3,436 posted on 08/15/2003 10:52:53 AM PDT by slimer
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To: Dirk McQuickly
Hey!!! I'm the paranoid on this thread!
3,437 posted on 08/15/2003 10:53:41 AM PDT by null and void (tee hee hee...)
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To: finnman69
What about the east side? The phones apparently dont work.
3,438 posted on 08/15/2003 10:58:59 AM PDT by RightWingNilla
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To: All
My power went back on in Warren, Michigan at about 2 PM Today (Friday).
3,439 posted on 08/15/2003 11:02:17 AM PDT by Screaming_Gerbil (Let's Roll...)
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To: Dont Tread On Me Eh?
I meant Ontario. And yes, France is probably to blame as well.
3,440 posted on 08/15/2003 11:14:40 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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